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(H) OMEGA-HENNESSEY-MARSHALL STORM
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| Storm ID | Date | Time (CDT) |
Length of Path (miles) |
Width of Path (yards) |
F- Scale |
Killed | Injured | County | Location |
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Storm H spawned 4 tornadoes. |
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| H1 | 05/03/1999 | ~2122 | 0.8 | 50 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kingfisher | 2 ESE Omega |
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The first tornado, H1, formed 2 miles east-southeast of Omega in Kingfisher County, and was reported by a storm chaser. No significant damage is believed to have occurred. |
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| H2 | 05/03/1999 | 2150 | 0.2 | 30 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Kingfisher | 3 NW Dover |
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The 2nd tornado, H2, formed about 3 miles northwest of Dover in Kingfisher County and was determined from storm chaser accounts and a damage survey. Damage consisted of snapped and uprooted trees. |
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| H3 | 05/03/1999 | 2157-2202 | 1 | 150 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Kingfisher | 1 ESE Hennessey |
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The 3rd tornado, H3, formed about 1 mile east-southeast of Hennessey in Kingfisher County and moved to the east-southeast for 1 mile. Major damage, rated high-end F2, was inflicted to one farmhouse and an old abandoned house near the beginning of the tornado track; and a handful of outbuildings were completely destroyed. Additionally, heavy farm equipment was moved several hundred yards, and trees sustained major damage. |
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| H4 | 05/03/1999 | (2218-2228) | 8 | 440 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Logan/ Garfield | 3 SW Marshall - 9 SSE Covington (5 NE Marshall) |
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The 4th and final tornado, H4, formed 3 miles southwest of Marshall in Logan County and tracked over mostly rural land, affecting 2 residences before dissipating in southeast Garfield County. An old, abandoned house near Marshall in northwest Logan County was completely destroyed (F2). Damage at another residence in southeast Garfield County included 3 destroyed grain bins, 1 of which was tossed about a ½ mile. A pole barn was also destroyed with the remnants strewn about a 150-yard-wide area, and an addition to a house was ripped off. Massive trees some with trunk diameters the size of a small car where also ripped completely out of the ground and tossed up to 200 yards. This tree damage occurred over an area covering several miles and overlapped the Logan/Garfield County border. |
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